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E. R. SARGENT.

GASKET HANDLE No. 555,555. Patented Mar. 17, 1895.

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EDIVARD R. SARGEN", OF NEW' HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SARGENT& COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASKET-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,556, dated March17, 1896.

Application filed October 28, 1895, Serial No. 567,186. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. SARGENT, of the city and county of NewHaven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Casket-Handles, fully described and claimed in the followingspecification, taken in connection with the drawings, which form a partthereof, and in which like letters of reference represent like parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a caskethandle embodying my invention,shown in its folded position. Fig. 2 is a front view of one of theplates with the supplementary brace attached. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the handle. Fig. 4 is a rear view of a plate, and Fig. 5 is avertical section through the center of aplate.

This invention relates to handles for caskets, trunks, or similararticles where it is desirous to fold the handles against the side orend of the article when not in use.

In a folding handle the pivotal connection between the arms of thehandle and the article lessens the strength of the handles as comparedto a rigid handle; so it is desirous, if not necessary, to have asupplementary brace to relieve the handle proper from the'direct strainin lifting the article.

The object of this invention is to produce a folding handle, the arms ofwhich are pivotally connected to plates on the casket, the

handle having supplementary braces, likewise pivotally attached to saidplates, with a sliding connection with the handle, so that when thehandle is folded the braces fall neatly downward, and when the handle isin use relieve it of a portion of the strain.

The handle embodying this invention is provided with a brace consistingof a single rigid bar, which is attached to the handleplate, thusproducing ahandle which may be readily or simply secured to the articledesired, obviating the necessity of holes or additional bolts.

The connection between the handle bar and brace is made by means of anenlarged head to the brace and a loop on the handle, which does awaywith the complicated hinges or joints on the handle-bar. The brace andarm of the handle are pivoted to the plate in a simple manner describedhereinafter.

In the drawings, A represents the side or end of the casket or otherarticle to which the handle is attached, and B the plates secured to thecasket, to which the arms 0 of the handle-bar D are pivoted. In two ears19, projecting laterally from the upper part of the plates B, aregrooves 12 from the rear, Fig. 5, in which trunnions c on either side ofthe arm C are adapted to fit. Small lugs 12 formed on the rear of theplates in casting, are turned over the trunnions c, and the arms Cthereby securely pivoted to the plate. The brace E is pivoted to thelower part of plate B in a similar manner by trunnions e fitting in thegrooves g in the ears g and the turning of the lugs g over the trunnionse. As thus shown, a simple and effective method of pivoting the parts isprovided, which is an improvement over former methods in that it maybereadily constructed and the parts assembled with a minimum expenditureof labor and expense.

The connection between the arm of the handle and the braces is by meansof the loops 0 formed on the under side of the arms C of the handle-barD through which the braces E are inserted. Enlarged heads or balls 6 atthe free ends of the braces E, greater in diameter than the loops 0, actas checks and prevent the braces E from slipping through the loops.

Two countersunk screw-holes a are shown in the lower part of the platesBfor securing the plates to the casket or other article.

When the handle is used in lifting the article, the arms are drawnupward until the balls e come in contact with the loops 0 (see Fig. 3)and the brace E takes the outward strain of the handle, while the arms Creceive an inward pressure therefrom. The lower part of the plate istherefore adapted to resist an outward strain by the screws F in thescrew-holes a, while the upper part of the plate by contact with thecasket resists the inward strain. By pivoting both the arm and brace toone plate at points near together the two opposite strains act toneutralize each other.

When not in use, the handle folds readily to the side of the casket, asthe braces E slip through the loops 0 to the position shown in Fig. 1.

Having now fully described my invention, the construction of which maybe varied without departing from the spirit thereof, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

A folding handle consisting of plates adapted to be secured to casketsand other articles; a handle with arms pivotally attached to saidplates; and braces pivotally attached to said plates below said arms,extending through loops on said handle, and having devices on the freeends to engage with said loops, when said handle is raised,substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at New Haven, in thecounty of New Haven, State of Connecticut, this 18th day of October,1895.

EDXVARD R. SARGENT. lVitnesses WILLIAM S. COOKE, CHARLES L. BALDWIN.

